I got mixed feelings about this, but mostly negative to be honest. First of all i prefer the artwork of the second version, but that´s just personal preference, so who cares.
The real issue for me is that it´s already the 3rd version of a game, which had not much content in any version to begin with. And in this new alteration there is less content than there was before and for that the updates seem kinda slow.
And to top it off, the Patreon model is way more fleshed out than the game ever was? Seriously? Fuck this... won´t even take a look again and get disappointed, again. Even if I would only play the pirated version anyway, cause to give any amount of money to someone who has established this kind of record would be just mental.
Sure i would like to see more, cause i really liked the game. But i won´t hold my breath waiting for significant updates...
Who can expect anything more than a simple cashgrab at this point, before it gets abandoned again, just to than resurface a year or two later with new artwork and less content trying to milk more money?
Maybe the author is serious about finishing the game this time around, who knows? But asking for money again with practically nothing to show for is not a good sign imo. Not if the author is trying to rebuild trust in this projekt.